FR Doc 2010-27918[Federal Register: November 4, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 213)]
[Notices]
[Page 68000]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Hiawatha National Forest, Escanaba, MI and University
of Michigan, Museum of Anthropology, Ann Arbor, MI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Hiawatha National Forest,
Escanaba, MI, and in the physical custody of the University of
Michigan, Museum of Anthropology, Ann Arbor, MI. The human remains were
removed from Naomikong Point Site, Chippewa County, MI.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and
43 CFR 10.11(d). The determinations in this notice are the sole
responsibility of the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has
control of the Native American human remains. The National Park Service
is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Bay Mills Indian Community,
Michigan; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan;
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa
Indians, Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of
Michigan; and Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan.
In 1966, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from the Naomikong Point Site (20CH2), Chippewa County,
MI, during excavations by the University of Michigan. This site is on
Federal land, and excavation occurred under a U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Special Use Permit. No known individual
was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Based on archeological context, the human remains are identified as
more likely than not Native American.
Officials of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,
have determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of
shared group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and any present-day Indian Tribe.
These Native American human remains are from the aboriginal lands
of the Chippewa and Ottawa. According to the Treaty of Washington,
March 28, 1836 (7 stat. 491), there are five present-day Indian Tribes
that have aboriginal land in the area where the remains were excavated.
These five Tribes are the Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Grand
Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Little River
Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa
Indians, Michigan; and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
of Michigan. The aboriginal land Tribes that are in closest proximity
to the site are the Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan, and Sault
Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan. Letters of support
for the disposition of the Native American human remains to the Bay
Mills Indian Community, Michigan, and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of Michigan were sent by the Bay Mills Indian
Community, Michigan; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux
Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe
of Chippewa Indians of Michigan; and Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of
Michigan. Therefore, officials of the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, will transfer the Native American human remains from
the Naomikong Point Site to the Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan,
and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan.
Officials of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,
determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
above represent the physical remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry. Lastly, officials of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, have determined, pursuant to 43 CFR
10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the human remains is to the Bay Mills
Indian Community, Michigan, and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa
Indians of Michigan.
Representatives of any Indian Tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human remains or any other Indian Tribe
that believes it satisfies the criteria in 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1) should
contact Teresa Chase, Acting Forest Supervisor, Hiawatha National
Forest, 2727 N. Lincoln Road, Escanaba, MI 49829, telephone (906) 786-
4062, before December 6, 2010. Disposition of the human remains to the
Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan, and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of Michigan, may proceed after that date if no
additional requestors come forward.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, is responsible
for notifying the Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Grand Traverse
Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan; and
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: October 29, 2010.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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